(*14*)Final Fantasy 14 will weigh in at 117.2GB when it launches for Switch 2 on August 4, an eShop listing for the title has now revealed. This is hoping you’ve gotten house for it — or the price range to purchase a brand new SD card.
(*14*)That is round double the sport’s set up measurement on PlayStation 5, which advantages from some intelligent file compression know-how, although much like the sport’s reminiscence footprint on PC. It is a hefty obtain, although maybe to be anticipated when you think about the MMO’s measurement and the quantity of content material that has been added through the years.
(*14*)The upside to all that is that the filesize consists of the entire sport’s earlier 5 expansions — Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, Endwalker and Dawntrail — so you will not want more room to play any of these. The draw back? A sixth enlargement, Evercold, is already on the way in which — that means you will seemingly want much more reminiscence house from subsequent January.
(*14*)Considerably amusingly, Final Fantasy writer Sq. Enix isn’t any stranger to holding the document for the most important Switch 2 video games by reminiscence measurement. Till the launch of Final Fantasy 14, Sq. Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth holds the present document (91.8GB) for a single sport, in addition to the document for a sport bundle (the Kingdom Hearts Assortment, which features a trio of titles that weigh in at 131GB whole).
(*14*)Final Fantasy 14 sport director Naoki Yoshida suited up in Bastion armor to take the stage at Final Fantasy 14 Fan Competition 2026 in Berlin to substantiate the title’s long-awaited Switch 2 launch date over the weekend, alongside a laundry checklist of latest updates coming within the close to future. The sport’s first month on sale will probably be supplied with none subscription cost as its servers are stabilized. After this era involves an finish, gamers will probably be required to buy a subscription as regular.
(*14*)Tom Phillips is IGN’s Information Editor. You possibly can attain Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social